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  • Land Of The Free Being Held Hostage By Nutcases

    Land Of The Free Being Held Hostage By Nutcases

    When both my grandparents had passed away, my mother’s brothers who had been still living in what had been the family home had to relocate. That’s a whole other story unto itself, but not the point of the current ramble… Luckily, the lads were able to purchase a mobile home and put it in the…

  • When there are no leaders the tail wags the dog – Act I

    There are seminal moments in life whch, if you’ve witnessed or been around for, you will never forget where you were when the occurrance took place. Like, as has often got a spin in this space, for the Omagh Bombing, 9/11 and the subsequent American invasion of Iraq, wheels transporting yours truly were parked in…

  • Closing the stable door when the ginnit has long bolted

    You’ve often heard mention of Maurice Healy’s wonderful documentary Waiting For Houlihan which was basically the mountain of a man from the mountains of Kerry telling his own story in his own words. Interspersed therein also, mind you, were tributes to the great man from such contemporaries as Tony Meade of The Kerryman and Eoghan…

  • Land of the brainwashed and home of the gullible

    During my time in secondary education, there was very little mention of politics. For a political nerd and/or history junkie like myself, that was a major disappointment. Notwithstanding the fact that I detested the history teacher for deeply personal reasons, we were weighed down with talk of the Stone Age and the Romans and Pompeii.…